Welcome to the CP-CTNet Newsletter where we share programmatic and research updates for the Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet).
SOURCE: CP-CTNet DMACC Website
Fifty years ago this week, the National Cancer Act was signed into law, kick-starting research that has changed how cancer is prevented, detected, diagnosed, treated, and survived, and moving us closer to a time when no one… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
For older adults undergoing treatment for advanced cancer, results from a clinical trial show that a health measurement tool called a geriatric assessment can be an important part of treatment planning. In the trial, older patients whose care was guided by a geriatric assessment were much less… read more
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
This issue we highlight diet quality on COVID risk and severity, along with kava’s role in lung cancer in active smokers, as well as lifelong exposure of bioactives such as ECGC and sulforaphane from green tea and broccoli… read more
SOURCE: DCP News
If your family member had cancer, would you want to know if you carried a gene mutation that increased your risk of the same cancer? This question is at the heart of three novel research projects underway to determine how best to connect with the family members of women with ovarian cancer so they… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
The NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) annual meeting for grantees in August 2021 virtually brought together representatives from every NCORP Research Base and Community and Minority Underserved Site to discuss… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
The first day of autumn was September 22nd. Fall reminds us that change can be a beautiful process. It’s the season that conjures up memories of heading back to school, visits to the pumpkin patch, jumping in piles of colorful leaves, picking apples at the orchard, drinking apple cider, and making… read more
SOURCE: CP-CTNet DMACC Website
In a clinical study underway, scientists hope to unravel the complexities of a group of poorly understood and relatively rare blood disorders that often lead to cancer. In myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), the problem arises when normal blood cells fail to function properly or are ill-formed inside… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
A year ago, I said that coming on board as the Division of Cancer Prevention Director in July 2020 was a “challenge,” adding that I had faith in science that the pandemic would be solved soon. Science has brought us a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 and medicine to… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
In this issue, we feature: ULACNet-101 Getting Ready for Recruitment, ROCCHHA Opens Enrollment in Puerto Rico and Brazil for ULACNet-201, and an interview with Dr. Lenka Kolevic. Translations are available in Spanish and… read more
SOURCE: DCP News
Researchers in gynecologic oncology have begun testing a promising surgery for premenopausal women at high genetic risk for ovarian cancer that avoids early menopause and may prevent these malignancies from developing.
Studies have shown that most ovarian cancers actually begin to grow from cancer… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
This Healthcast podcast commemorates the National Cancer Act's 50th anniversary by highlighting the progress the National Cancer Institute has made in cancer prevention. Leaders in NCI's Division of Cancer Prevention talk about avoidance, screening and treatments, and vaccinations, and how… read more
SOURCE: GovernmentCIO Media & Research
This issue we showcase genetically predicted circulating PUFAs and colorectal cancer risk, miRNAs as early indicators of lifestyle changes in women with breast cancer, and how antibiotics, historically used in preclinical… read more
SOURCE: DCP News
In 2020, a year of unimaginable tragedy, an estimated 375,000 people died from Covid-19 infections in the United States alone. Much of the suffering and death due to the disease was preventable in three ways: through avoidance by wearing masks and social distancing; by screening and treatment; and… read more
SOURCE: STAT First Opinion
Being a teenager or young adult is hard enough. Add a cancer diagnosis, and the challenges—which can range from severe fatigue to financial stress—are likely to multiply.
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
Philip Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H., joined NCI in July 2020 as director of the Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP). Dr. Castle previously worked at NCI in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (2002–2010), where he led numerous research projects, including studies of HPV and its connection to… read more
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
One of the first-ever vaccines for the prevention of colorectal and other cancers in patients at high genetic risk for these malignancies is expected to start its early phase safety and immunogenicity trial in the first quarter of 2022, according to investigators… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
Bob Aronson was only 54 years old and, in the words of his son Tom, “extremely healthy.”
“So it was really surprising to everyone when he went in for an annual routine eye exam and his eye doctor suspected diabetes,” Tom recalled.
With his diabetes diagnosis confirmed, Bob got back to his normal… read more
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
Preventing cancer today and in the future lies at the heart of the National Cancer Institute’s competitive postdoctoral fellowship program, which is accepting candidate applications for the 2022 class until August 16, 2021.
Fellowship Program Application
The CPFP application period is now CLOSED… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
The warming weather brings outdoor grilling and a good time to showcase recent publications on heterocyclic aromatic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their role in cancer. We highlight oxidative stress in men… read more
SOURCE: DCP News
Clinical trial participants share why they joined clinical trials of new ways to prevent, detect, and treat cancer and the side effects of cancer treatment.
SOURCE: Why I Joined a Clinical Trial
Scientists have identified more than 1,000 potential new biomarkers for cancer that they hope will aid in the early detection of many of these complex diseases, including one of the most challenging, pancreatic cancer.
Pancreatic cancers have long defied early… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
On Demand
Session Type: Major Symposium Session Title: Colorectal Cancer Interception: Immunologic and Pharmacologic Advances
Companion session to Live Panel discussion Thursday, April 15 at 1:30 PM
Multiantigen vaccines for Colon Cancer Prevention, Shizuko Sei, National Cancer Institute,… read more
SOURCE: DCP News
Pancreatic Cysts Are Monitored in New Trial Aimed at Reducing Cancer Risk Through Targeted Screening
In a new NCI-sponsored study now recruiting participants, investigators will evaluate two different screening strategies for non-cancerous pancreatic cysts to determine which works best at detecting early malignancy.
Even though few of these sac-like structures are likely to develop into… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
After decades of opposition to decriminalizing cannabis products (especially marijuana), a more permissive attitude toward cannabis and its derivative products has taken hold today at the state level. At the same time, inconsistencies in state policies conflict with federal law, which itself,… read more
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog